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[Electric Motor at Ada Belle Oil Field]

Description: Photograph of an electric motor used to run other equipment for the Ada Belle Oil Field. The engine is placed on the floor of a corrugated metal building. Shelves piled with various equipment and parts are visible in the background. A can of Havoline Motor Oil sits open on the floor next to the engine.
Date: February 13, 1977
Creator: Lewis, David P.

[Plaque for a Discovery Well in Batson, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a plaque commemorating the discovery of oil in a Batson, Texas oil field in a well known as Paraffine Oil Co. No. 1. The plaque notes that the well reached a depth of 790 feet, initially produced 600 barrels of oil, and was completed on October 31st, 1903. Located in Ada Belle Oil Field.
Date: February 13, 1977
Creator: Lewis, David P.

[Tank Farm at Ada Belle Oil Field]

Description: Photograph of several large, wooden holding tanks at the Ada Belle Oil Field in Batson, Texas. A set of wooden steps leads to the top of a tank on the left side of the frame. Wooden catwalks connect all three tanks. A sucker pipe runs from the foreground to the tank farm.
Date: February 13, 1977
Creator: Lewis, David P.
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